topic Re: Apparent invocation .... not resolved in SAS Programming

Apparent invocation .... not resolved

FK1 — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:35:45 GMT

Hi Folks,

when running this macro


%MACRO test;
%PUT        &SysMacroName.;
%LET blubb = some lowcased text;
%LET bla          = %LOWCASE(&blubb.);
%LET bla2        = %nrbquote(%CMPRES(&blubb.));
%PUT &=bla &=bla2;
%mend;
%TEST;

I get these Warnings:

WARNING: Apparent invocation of macro LOWCASE not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent invocation of macro CMPRES not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent invocation of macro LOWCASE not resolved.
BLA=%LOWCASE(some lowcased text) BLA2=%CMPRES(some lowcased text)

why can these two calls to SAS Autocall macros not be resolved?

Also, I want SAS to run the macros "LOWCASE" and "CMPRES" rather than just write them as vlaues into bla and bla, respectively.

Cheers,

Re: Apparent invocation .... not resolved

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:08:58 GMT

Looks like someone messed with the AUTOCALL facility, either by changing the SAS configuration or doing something with the macro files.

Both of these macros are "function style" macros, where the result is put in place of the macro call. Whenever these macros are used ("run" as you called it), the result appears in their place.

Re: Apparent invocation .... not resolved

FK1 — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:53:43 GMT

Hi Kurt,

your guess was correct! The "sasautos" option in the "sasv9.cfg" had been modified and as a result the "standard" autocall libraries weren'T initialized at startuo anymore.

Thank's for your help!